International Male
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International Male is or was a mail-order vendor of men's casual, office-casual and some gallant clothing
which are or were at various price levels and which are and were generally geared to the dandy. The company is owned by New Jersey
-based group Hanover Direct, and has existed since the late 1970s. The catalog originally carried a wide variety of men's underwear, but this was once spun off into a separate catalog, Undergear, which focused exclusively on men's underwear, swimwear and some casual wear. As of 2009, Hanover Direct consolidated these two product platforms under the Undergear label. Undergear is now the sole catalog and web site and incorporates the non-underwear items that would earlier have been in the International Male catalog-website. The selection of non-underwear clothing is quite limited in comparison to the former years (when International Male was its own separate catalog and website containing many items of clothing besides underwear and swimwear). Over the years many famous models and actors have posed for the catalog such as Cameron Mathison
, Charles Dera
, Christian Boeving
, David Chokachi
, Gregg Avedon
, Reichen Lehmkuhl
, Rusty Joiner
and Scott King
.
Clothing
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which are or were at various price levels and which are and were generally geared to the dandy. The company is owned by New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
-based group Hanover Direct, and has existed since the late 1970s. The catalog originally carried a wide variety of men's underwear, but this was once spun off into a separate catalog, Undergear, which focused exclusively on men's underwear, swimwear and some casual wear. As of 2009, Hanover Direct consolidated these two product platforms under the Undergear label. Undergear is now the sole catalog and web site and incorporates the non-underwear items that would earlier have been in the International Male catalog-website. The selection of non-underwear clothing is quite limited in comparison to the former years (when International Male was its own separate catalog and website containing many items of clothing besides underwear and swimwear). Over the years many famous models and actors have posed for the catalog such as Cameron Mathison
Cameron Mathison
Cameron Arthur Mathison is a Canadian actor and television host, perhaps best known for his role as Ryan Lavery on the ABC soap opera All My Children — a role which he has played from December 15, 1997 to 2002, and from 2003 to 2011...
, Charles Dera
Charles Dera
Charles Dera is an American pornographic actor, dancer, model, former marine, and MMA fighter.-Awards:*2008 XRCO Award – New Stud*2009 AVN Award – Unsung Male Performer Of The Year*2009 XRCO Award – Unsung Woodsman-External links:*...
, Christian Boeving
Christian Boeving
Christian Boeving is an American actor, writer, producer, fitness model, personal trainer, and former bodybuilding supplement spokesperson. He grew up in Missouri, United States and resides in Los Angeles County in Southern California....
, David Chokachi
David Chokachi
David Chokachi is an American television actor. He's best known for his role in the TV series Witchblade, Baywatch, and Beyond The Break. His father is Turkish and his mother is Finnish.-Early life:He attended Tabor Academy, an elite boarding prep school in Marion, Massachusetts...
, Gregg Avedon
Gregg Avedon
Gregory Michael Avedon is a former model who achieved success in the 1990s. He worked for Giorgio Armani, Dolce & Gabbana, Krizia, Trussardi and Valentino Garavani, and appeared in several magazines and catalogs including Men's Health, Esquire, GQ, Vanity Fair, International Male, and L'Uomo...
, Reichen Lehmkuhl
Reichen Lehmkuhl
Reichen Lehmkuhl, , is an American former reality show winner, model, and occasional actor...
, Rusty Joiner
Rusty Joiner
Jason Russell "Rusty" Joiner is an American male fashion model, fitness model and actor.Born in Montgomery, Alabama, and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Joiner attended Georgia Southern University, where he was a successful athlete, cheerleader, and gymnast for four years...
and Scott King
Scott King (model)
Scott King is a former American male model. He was one of the first men to have achieved supermodel status....
.